2008 Student Made 6th Grade Writing Rubric
8
90% - 99%
- The paper sounds like the work of a professional writer, using words and phrases that allow the reader to create a picture inside their head.
- The ideas in the paper are clearly connected, and it is obvious that the writer thought out their story or idea because information is presented in a way that really makes sense.
- The paper provides a lot of good information and yet its writing style is still creative and interesting to the reader.
- The sentences do not all sound the same and are written in all kinds of different ways and styles. Similar ideas are correctly combined into one sentence.
- It is clear the writer spent time working on the paper because the spacing, font, heading, etc. are all correct, and there are no careless errors or silly mistakes.
7
86 % - 89%
- The paper almost sounds like the work of a professional writer, using mostly words and phrases that allow the reader to create a picture inside their head.
- The ideas in the paper are clearly connected, and it is clear that the writer thought out their story or idea because information is presented in a way that makes sense.
- The paper provides a lot of information and yet its writing style is still interesting to the reader.
- The sentences do not all sound the same and are written in all kinds of different ways and styles. Similar ideas are correctly combined into one sentence.
- It is clear the writer spent time working on the paper because the spacing, font, heading, etc. are all correct, and there are no careless errors or silly mistakes.
6
81 % - 85%
- The paper kind of sounds like the work of a professional writer, using some words and phrases that allow the reader to create a picture inside their head.
- The ideas in the paper are connected, and we think the writer thought out their story or idea because information is presented in a way that mostly makes sense.
- The paper provides some information and its writing style is sort of interesting to the reader.
- Most of the sentences do not all sound the same and are written in different ways and styles. Some similar ideas are correctly combined into one sentence.
- It is clear the writer spent time working on the paper because most of the spacing, font, heading, etc. are all correct, and there are no careless errors or silly mistakes.
5
76 % - 80%
- The paper could sound like the work of a professional writer, if more words and phrases that allow the reader to create a picture inside their head were used.
- Most of the ideas in the paper are connected, and we think the writer probably thought out their story or idea because information is presented in a way that kind of makes sense.
- The paper provides some information, and its writing style could be interesting to the reader if more work was done.
- Some of the sentences do sound the same and most are not written in different ways and styles. Few similar ideas are correctly combined into one sentence.
- The writer probably spent time working on the paper but there are a few problems with spacing, font, heading, etc., careless errors or silly mistakes.
4
71% - 75%
- The paper could sound like the work of a professional writer, if more words and phrases that allow the reader to create a picture inside their head were used.
- Few of the ideas in the paper are connected, and it is not clear if the writer thought out their story or idea because information is presented in a way that only sometimes makes sense.
- The paper provides a little information and its writing style needs improvement if it is to be interesting to the reader.
- Many of the sentences sound the same and are not written in different ways and styles. Very Few similar ideas are correctly combined into one sentence.
- The writer probably spent time working on the paper but there are a multiple problems with spacing, font, heading, etc., careless errors or silly mistakes.
3
66 % - 70%
- The paper does not sound like the work of a professional writer
- Very Few of the ideas in the paper are connected, and it is not clear if the writer thought out their story or idea because information is presented in a way that rarely makes sense.
- The paper provides very little information and its writing style needs improvement if it is to be interesting to the reader.
- Most of the sentences sound the same and are not written in different ways and styles. No similar ideas are correctly combined into one sentence.
- It is unclear if the writer spent time working on the paper because there are a multiple problems with spacing, font, heading, etc., careless errors or silly mistakes.
2
61 % - 65%
- The paper does not sound like the work of a professional writer
- None of the ideas in the paper are connected, and the writer did not think out their story or idea because information is presented in a way that does not makes sense.
- The paper provides no appropriate information and its writing style needs a lot of improvement.
- All of the sentences sound the same and are not written in different ways and styles. No similar ideas are correctly combined into one sentence.
- There are so many problems with spacing, font, heading, etc., careless errors or silly mistakes that is unlikely the writer spent enough time on this paper.
1
60% or below



- This paper is not acceptable, and Mr. Clark needs to be seen for further instruction.